AMAY quoted a Zamalek source saying that its president Mortada Mansour unilaterally decided to terminate the player's contract.
He might not be a football star as such. In fact, he may be less than his teammates in terms of skills. Yet the fans love him for his stances. They do not care if he has skills as long as he is loyal to his team.
Omar Gaber was born on 30 January 1992. He is the right back of the Zamalek Football Club. Hossam Hassan included him in the first team when he was assigned as coach.
He was the first player to stand with the Ultras White Knights on 19 September 2013 when Amr Hussein of the Ultras group died in a demonstration against Mamdouh Abbas, the president of the club at the time. A year later, Gaber visited Hussein’s tomb on the first commemoration of his death.
In November 2014, Gaber was almost dismissed from the team when he praised the White Knights, saying: “They are part of our fans. I love them. My relationship with them is eternal. They are like anyone else in society who may make mistakes. Like Amr Hussein, they sacrifice themselves for Zamalek. They sell their mobile phones and laptops to buy tickets and attend the matches. I did not do anything wrong when I wore the T-shirt of one of them.”
“The last words Amr Hussein wrote on Facebook were about me,” he said. “How can I forget that?”
In a program on Al-hayat 2 satellite channel, Zamalek Club Chairman Mortada Mansour said he will ask the Egyptian Football Association and the International Federation to dismiss Gaber for supporting the Ultras. He also said that he will file a complaint against him with the prosecutor general.
“Gaber became a member of an armed terrorist group against which the Football Association and the Olympic Committee had issued a strongly worded statement,” he said. “I will make sure he does not touch a ball in Zamalek or any other club in the world.”
When 19 people died outside the Airforce Stadium on 8 February, Gaber was the only player who refused to play the match, prompting the chairman of the club to suspend him indefinitely.
